Likelihood methods for CMB experiments

M Gerbino, M Lattanzi, M Migliaccio, L Pagano… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A great deal of experimental effort is currently being devoted to the precise measurements of
the cosmic microwave background (CMB) sky in temperature and polarization. Satellites …

A Constraint on Primordial B-modes from the First Flight of the Spider Balloon-borne Telescope

PAR Ade, M Amiri, SJ Benton… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first linear polarization measurements from the 2015 long-duration balloon
flight of Spider, which is an experiment that is designed to map the polarization of the cosmic …

SPIDER: CMB Polarimetry from the Edge of Space

R Gualtieri, JP Filippini, PAR Ade, M Amiri… - Journal of Low …, 2018 - Springer
Spider is a balloon-borne instrument designed to map the polarization of the millimeter-
wave sky at large angular scales. Spider targets the B-mode signature of primordial …

Absolute calibration of the polarisation angle for future CMB B-mode experiments from current and future measurements of the Crab nebula

J Aumont, JF Macías-Pérez, A Ritacco… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
A tremendous international effort is currently dedicated to observing the so-called primordial
B modes of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) polarisation. If measured, this faint …

Detector fabrication development for the LiteBIRD satellite mission

B Westbrook, C Raum, S Beckman… - Space Telescopes …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
LiteBIRD is a JAXA-led strategic Large-Class satellite mission designed to measure the
polarization of the cosmic microwave background and cosmic foregrounds from 34 to 448 …

Transition-edge sensor detectors for the Origins Space Telescope

PC Nagler, JE Sadleir… - Journal of Astronomical …, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Origins Space Telescope is one of four flagship missions under study for the 2020
Astrophysics Decadal Survey. With a 5.9-m cold (4.5 K) telescope deployed from space …

Optical characterization of OMT-coupled TES bolometers for LiteBIRD

J Hubmayr, PAR Ade, A Adler, E Allys, D Alonso… - Journal of Low …, 2022 - Springer
Feedhorn-and orthomode transducer-(OMT) coupled transition edge sensor (TES)
bolometers have been designed and micro-fabricated to meet the optical specifications of …

Crosstalk effects in microwave SQUID multiplexed TES bolometer readout

JC Groh, Z Ahmed, SW Henderson, J Hubmayr… - Journal of Low …, 2024 - Springer
Transition-edge sensor (TES) bolometers are broadly used for background-limited
astrophysical measurements from the far-infrared to mm-waves. Many planned future …

Overview of the medium and high frequency telescopes of the LiteBIRD space mission

L Montier, B Mot, P de Bernardis… - Space Telescopes …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
LiteBIRD is a JAXA-led Strategic Large-Class mission designed to search for the existence
of the primordial gravitational waves produced during the inflationary phase of the Universe …

Development of transition edge sensor detectors optimized for single-photon spectroscopy in the optical and near-infrared

PC Nagler, MA Greenhouse… - … Energy, Optical, and …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The search for biosignatures in the atmospheres of exoplanets will be a key focus of future
space telescopes that operate in the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared bands. Detection …